Months of Research Finally Done

[Shuaib Aliyu]

Got a $930 budget,have been on this forum asking question after question. Watching endless videos and bunch of other stuff. My build is for 1080p gaming,and light streaming/video editing. I want my future pc to be the best in price to performance and have good looks with it.

Which of these builds do you pc building vets think is the best?

 ATX: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nnqjPs 

Micro ATX: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DYv6vV

Mini ITX: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sjY4RG

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XH7Ypb Case is the QBX by Cougar 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ChFwGf

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VL8TvV

Thank you in advance 

[dizmo]

Changes:

ATX

• Get a better PSU, the Corsair CX550m is usually on sale
• Don't get a 3GB 1060

mITX

• Again, no 3GB 1060
• I don't recommend Ryzen for mITX

I'd go with the mATX option, seems the most well rounded.

[PerfectPlasma]

3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Changes:

ATX

• Get a better PSU, the Corsair CX550m is usually on sale
• Don't get a 3GB 1060

mITX

• Again, no 3GB 1060
• I don't recommend Ryzen for mITX

I'd go with the mATX option, seems the most well rounded.

The 301 doesn't come with any fans out of the box.

[dizmo]

4 minutes ago, PerfectPlasma said:

The 301 doesn't come with any fans out of the box.

Really? That's pretty sad, considering all the mounting points.

Though, it's quite cheap, so one could easily add some.

3 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

OP could also consider going with an older platform like x58 for more price/performance, but for first ever PC builds I usually recommend going with new stuff as opposed to trying to learn about every socket from intel from the past 15 years. 

Haha, yeah. Even LGA1151 is pretty affordable for a build. Could easily build a system for $400 - $450.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

When I went to the scrapyard last week I found a couple of i5-6600 non-K CPUs. Those would still make for a nice gaming Pc even today. 

You should have picked them up for me!

[Shuaib Aliyu]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

Changes:

ATX

• Get a better PSU, the Corsair CX550m is usually on sale
• Don't get a 3GB 1060

mITX

• Again, no 3GB 1060
• I don't recommend Ryzen for mITX

I'd go with the mATX option, seems the most well rounded.

Whats wrong with 3gb and whats wrong with ryzen on mITX

[dizmo]

26 minutes ago, Shuaib Aliyu said:

Whats wrong with 3gb and whats wrong with ryzen on mITX

Quite a bit slower, the Ryzen ITX boards aren't that great and often have poor cooling solutions because of the lack of available board space due to the large mounting hardware.

[Shuaib Aliyu]

16 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Quite a bit slower, the Ryzen ITX boards aren't that great and often have poor cooling solutions because of the lack of available board space due to the large mounting hardware.

Well,im not exactly sure what to switch to with intel since i want to keep that price under $910 honestly and ryzen seems like the better buy for a 6 core 12 thread processor

[dizmo]

2 minutes ago, Shuaib Aliyu said:

Well,im not exactly sure what to switch to with intel since i want to keep that price under $910 honestly and ryzen seems like the better buy for a 6 core 12 thread processor

Indeed. Just check the reviews to make sure it performs better than the 8400.